Necktie holder



P. KLINKHAMMER.

N-ECKTIE HOLDER. I APPLICATION FILED 020.3. 1921.

Patented July 18, 1922.

PETER KLINKHAMIIIER, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

NECK'IIE HOLDER.

1,4ll233,4t98.

Application filed December 3, 1921.

1 0 all in 710m 2' 15 may concern Be it known that I, Pn'rnn Km'nkrrnmMien, a citizen or the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of lies Angeles and State of California, have'invented new and useful improvements in Necktie Hold ers, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to necktie holders, and a purpose ol? my invention is to provide an extremely simp inexpensive and efficient holder adapted "for securing the knot of iliour-indiand cravat in affronting relation with respect to a collar button and in suchmanner that the knot will occupy its proper position between the ends or a collar.

ll will describe one form of necktie holder embodying mv invention and will then point out the novel reatin'es thereof in claim.

in the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a view showing in liront elevation a collar and cravat having applied thereto one form of holder embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of 1.

is an enlarged detail view showing in front elevation the holder shown in the preceding views.

Fig. 4: is an enlarged detail view showing the holder in side elevation.

Referring specifically to the drawings in which similar reference characters re'l er to similar parts, my invention, in its present en'ibodiinent, comprises a holder constructed from a single length of resilient wire bent to provide at a point medially its ends. a yoke 15, the ends or which are slightly bent inwardly at 16 to provide a restricted mouth or entrance to the yoke, as is clearly shown in F 3. The ends ol the yoke are extended to provide divergent portions 17 which terminate in laterally and upwardly bent hooks 18 having terminals sharpened to provide prongs or penetrating portions 19.

In the applied position of the holder as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the yoke 15 is adapt- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, "M322.

Serial No. 519,722.

ed to embrace the shank of a collar button so as to lie contiguous to the head thereof, the restricted mouth of the yoke being ol such an area as to necessitate a slight e:;- pansion or the yoke ends when the yoke is applied to the button. This obviously provides the necessary securing means for re taining the holder as a unit upon the collar button. ld ith the yoke applied to the collar button as just described, the divergent portions I? depend from the collar button in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 2 so that the hooks 18 extend outwardly from the shirt and with the prongs spaced from the shirt and extending upwardly.

In using the holder, it is applied to the collar button subsequent to the tying of the cravat, and the hooks may be caused to penetrate the knot of the cravat by first lifting the knot, applying the holder to the collar button as previously described, and finally lowering the knot and forcing it against the holder so that the prongs penetrate the knot. lhe holder is thus caused to retain the knot of the cravat in al'lronting relation with respect to the collar button so that sagging oi"? the cravat knot is positively prevented and the tie at all times maintained in its proper relation to the ends of the collar.

I claim as my invention:

A necktie holder formed from a single length of resilient wire bent to provide a yoke adapted to'embrace the shank 0'] a collar button, said yoke having a restricted mouth, linear portions extending from the ends of the yoke and arranged in divergent relation with respect to each other, and hooks having upwardly extending prongs formed on the terminals of said portions and terminating at points below said month, said prongs being arranged in a plane disposed at an angle with respect to the plane of the linear portions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

PETER KLINKHAMIMER. 

